Deefgea chitinilytica sp. nov., isolated from a wetland Chen, Wen-Ming and Chung, Yu-Ni and Chiu, Tzu-Fang and Cheng, Chih-Yu and Arun, A. B. and Sheu, Shih-Yi,, 60, 1450-1453 (2010), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.015263-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= A bacterial strain, designated Nsw-4T, was isolated from a water sample of Niao-Song Wetland Park in Taiwan and was characterized by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Strain Nsw-4T was Gram-negative, aerobic, ivory-coloured, rod-shaped and motile by means of a polar flagellum. Growth occurred at 15–37 °C, pH 6.0–8.0 and 0–2 % NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the strain belonged to the genus Deefgea and that its closest neighbour was Deefgea rivuli WB 3.4-79T (96.9 %). The results of physiological and biochemical tests allowed the clear phenotypic differentiation of this isolate from D. rivuli WB 3.4-79T. The major fatty acids were C16 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 53.7 mol%. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and the chemotaxonomic and physiological data, strain Nsw-4T should be classified as representing a novel species and the second member of the genus Deefgea, for which the name Deefgea chitinilytica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is Nsw-4T (=BCRC 17934T=LMG 24817T)., language=, type=